Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior overcame middling reviews to post strong numbers in its Wednesday premiere. The CBS spinoff not only slightly improved upon its mothership lead-in, but with 12.9 million viewers and a 3.3 rating delivered increases of 4 percent and 41 percent over time-slot predecessor/placeholder Blue Bloods.

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Fresh off her head-turning role as Bill’s maker Lorena on True Blood, Mariana Klaveno has booked a guest stint on CBS’ forthcoming spinoff Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior. The actress will play Veronica, a spotlight-hungry hellraiser who excels at manipulating the opposite sex. Sounds like Lorena minus the fangs.

This marks the Minds franchise’s second piece of inspired guest casting in less than a week. As I reported, Friday Night Lights MVP Adrianne Palicki will channel her inner Juliette Lewis in an upcoming episode of Minds: Original Flavor loosely inspired by Natural Born Killers.